Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Foreword IX
4. Translator's Preface XI
5. Acknowledgments XIII
6. Introduction: Japan's Modern Century 1
7. 1. From Samurai to Scientist: Yamagawa Kenjlrō 6
8. 2. Japan Studies of Foreign Teachers in Japan: Investigations of the Magic Mirror 23
9. 3. A Zoologist Fascinated by Japan: Edward Sylvester Morse 41
10. 4. Response to a New Scientific Theory: Darwinism in the Early Meiji Era 66
11. 5. Biology and the Buddhistic View of the Transience of Life: Oka Asajirō 84
12. 6. Modern Science and the Japanese Conception of Nature: A Sketch 99
13. 7. Overall Perspectives: Tasks for Today 115
14. Epilogue to the English Edition 129
15. Bibliography 133
16. Index 137
17. Backmatter 143